Glass+Menagerie

Hi LAdies -

Hope you all enjoyed Madonna Day today -

It was so hot today!

As promised - here are the topics for the essays -

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Update on Marks - I am pushing through the essays - should have some updated marks by early next week!!!

1. Discuss the **symbolism** of the glass menagerie in relation to Laura.

2. What scene do you think marks the climax of “The Glass Menagerie”?

3. In any story, complexity makes for interesting characters. Do you sympathize with Amanda, even though she causes her children to suffer? Do you think Tom and Laura are both wrong and right? Explain.

4. One critic has said that “The Glass Menagerie” shows a series of contrasts between (a) the dreamer and the doer, (b) the past and the present, (c) fantasy and reality, (d) psychological and physical handicaps, and (e) the desire for escape and the awareness of responsibilities. Choose one of these contrasts, and trace the way it is developed in the play.